Shah Benjamin of Ben Amin Shahdom

Shah Benjamin of Ben Amin Shahdom (748-) was the Shah of the Ben Amin Shahdom from 776 CE, previously serving as Marzoban of Kalat from 765 CE to 776 CE. Benjamin was

Early reign and the Judaization of Kalat
Benjamin was born in 748 in present-day Afghanistan to a tribe of Zunist Afghans with an unknown original Afghan name. He was the Marzoban of Kalat, being the tribal leader of a small state. In 765 CE, Benjamin met a convoy of merchants from the Abbasid Caliphate travelling from Jerusalem to India, and they gave him a copy of the Torah, a collection of scrolls that Judaism revered. Benjamin read the scrolls and was influenced by the messages, and he converted to Judaism. He converted his extended family and nearby villages to Judaism, adopted the Hebrew name "Benjamin", and in 769 CE he married Dildar, a Jewish Afghan woman, and she became the emira of Kalat. Benjamin restructured the mostly-Zunist society, appointing Afghan Jews to high positions and appointing rabbis to replace Zunist temple leaders.